If I was his agent I’d start with Bollig money: ESPN Chicago
Decreased revenue will slow cap growth: CSN
Well yeah: PHT
I’ll look for any excuse to post a Vin story: PD
Oh Garth: TSN
Recent Posts
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Exit Interviews: Duncan Keith
Come to the end of the defense, which ends with the Hawk most likely to take home personal silverware this season. Mostly due to his excellent play, with slight credit to Eddie Olczyk banging the drum from November on, Keith has been the Norris front-runner for a while. He added a second gold-medal as well this year, the only time he didn’t have to drag around a jack-cheese soaked partner. How much that balances out his not taking the toughest competition is up for debate. But wherever you land on that, Keith had a mostly excellent season.
Regular Season: 79 games, 6 goals, 55, assists, 61 points, +22, 0.13 Behind The Net Rating, 16.40 Corsi per 60 (+7.2 Corsi Relative per 60).
Playoffs: 19 games, 4 goals, 7 assists, 11 points, +7, 1.57 Behind The Net Rating, -1.91 Corsi per 60 (+0.4 Corsi Relative per 60)
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Morning Links 6/18/14
I could have used grading this soft in college: ESPN Chicago
Q times 2 come June?: NHL
Fantastically done: PD
Uh sure: PHT
Knowing when to shut up is underrated: SI
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Exit Interviews: Brent Seabrook
Well here’s the one you’ve probably been waiting for, or one of them. Certainly no player generated more debate, or more jokes, than Brent Seabrook. We beat the drum of suckage all year, while other screamed just as passionately that we weren’t seeing his brilliance correctly. The truth is almost certainly in the middle (but leaned to our side ha ha ha). Let’s see if we can find it.
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Morning Links 6/17/14
But what about the PK!!!!!!! Chicago Tribune
This only matters if you win games in June: CSN AP
Because you get to do this: ESPNLA AP
Don’t worry Q has already called: TSN
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Exit Interviews – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Climbing further up the depth chart, the time now comes to take a closer look at Niklas Hjalmarsson, who did alright as far as most people were concerned.
Regular Season – 81GP, 4G, 22A, 26P, +11, +.25 BTN, 53.3% Corsi For, +29.8% CorsiRel
Playoffs –19GP, 0G, 4A, 4Pts, -3, Even BTN, 46.7% Corsi For, +30.7% CorsiRel
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Morning Links 6/16/14
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Friday Foofaraw: Father’s Day
Yep, that’s Dad.
Going to take a break from player reviews today for some more Friday goofiness. With Father’s Day this weekend, I thought I’d provide my father George a gift by sharing his writing with those of you who are interested. Though he was about as self-deprecating as a person as there could be, Dad was never shy about boasting about his writing. And neither am I.
I know a lot of you come here for the analysis or the music/Simpsons references or the creative swearing (and we’re proud of that), but some do come for the style and writing we use (which we still find strange but to each his or her own). My father George was the back-page columnist for Billiards Digest for over 30 years, and even though I’m obviously a little biased I think I can still safely say he was one of the best sportswriters I have ever read. You don’t have to know anything about pool or billiards to enjoy it, which I think is about the highest compliment you can pay. My brother (writer for CubsDen on ChicagoNow.com if you didn’t know) and I constantly reach for this standard, knowing full well we’ll never come into the same zip code as Dad.
The Digest has catalogued the last few years of his columns as well as his best work from his entire career, and you can get to that right here. However, there is one column that’s always been one of my favorites that isn’t on there, so I’m going to share it with you below.
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Friday Foofaraw: Father's Day
Yep, that’s Dad.
Going to take a break from player reviews today for some more Friday goofiness. With Father’s Day this weekend, I thought I’d provide my father George a gift by sharing his writing with those of you who are interested. Though he was about as self-deprecating as a person as there could be, Dad was never shy about boasting about his writing. And neither am I.
I know a lot of you come here for the analysis or the music/Simpsons references or the creative swearing (and we’re proud of that), but some do come for the style and writing we use (which we still find strange but to each his or her own). My father George was the back-page columnist for Billiards Digest for over 30 years, and even though I’m obviously a little biased I think I can still safely say he was one of the best sportswriters I have ever read. You don’t have to know anything about pool or billiards to enjoy it, which I think is about the highest compliment you can pay. My brother (writer for CubsDen on ChicagoNow.com if you didn’t know) and I constantly reach for this standard, knowing full well we’ll never come into the same zip code as Dad.
The Digest has catalogued the last few years of his columns as well as his best work from his entire career, and you can get to that right here. However, there is one column that’s always been one of my favorites that isn’t on there, so I’m going to share it with you below.
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Morning Links 6/13/14
Can Hank do it again? CBC
2C: Globe and Mail
The Summer wind: Hockeenight
Seabass said that? PuckDaddy
You’re Welcome: Chicago Tribune